Saudi architect professor Haifa al-Hababi has been named in the ‘thinkers list’ of 2016 released by the US Foreign Policy magazine. Hababi has made the cut for her work in “seizing suffrage” - the right to vote in political elections in her homeland.

Although Hababi lost her bid to join Riyadh’s Municipal Council, she continues to call for a new public attitude toward government. “In Saudi Arabia…we are selfish,” she told The Guardian in January. “It’s all about what people get from the government. We treat it as a father who must look after us.”